Christmas English Addict - Lesson 021 - 22nd Dec 2019 - Festive Words & Mr Steve

yes here we are as the Christmas lights on the front of my house twinkle in such

a jolly merry way welcome to English addict live as we

approach the Christmas season yes christmas is definitely on its way

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go with mr.

Duncan wearing his Christmas lights and also his silly tinsel as well bah bah

bah bah bah bah bah bah bah hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are

you today are you ok I hope so are you happy I hope so here we go then

oh I don't know where to start to be honest I suppose I should start here

that's always a good place to start that's what I find anyway so here we go

are you ready for the big season yes Christmas is approaching on Wednesday it

will be Christmas Day yes definitely I can definitely say that

christmas is coming

it is a different one today slightly different things are not as they usually

are but to be honest with you when are they ever when is when are they ever

normal to be honest with you when is this normal

I don't think this has ever been normal ever so a little bit different today can

I just say that I don't like this tinsel on my head it doesn't look very good

does it it's it's a little plain so I'm getting rid of that and instead oh I

think I will have a little bit of red tinsel

here we go I think this this looks much better oh yes yes I really feel as if

I'm in the Christmas spirit now so are you ready for Christmas I suppose that

should be the big question I'm asking at the moment I know that many people right

now are preparing for the festivities of course not everyone celebrates Christmas

I do realise that so if you don't celebrate Christmas it's okay you are

still welcome maybe you can find out some interesting things about the

Christmas season who knows so I've decided to make my studio look very

festive although I do feel as if there isn't enough snow can we have some more

snow that's better oh yes I like this the snow is really

falling here in the studio however unfortunately outside guess what

can you guess what is not happening outside it is not snowing in fact there

is the view right now out of my window it does not look like Christmas is

coming it looks like early spring at the moment outside it's quite mild it isn't

too cold and we have no snow as you can see there is no snow on the ground

whatsoever nothing not a single flake of snow has fallen over the past few

days which is a little disappointed honestly so pointing slightly

disappointing that we've had no snow I I can only blame it on global warming I

think that might be the reason why we are having no snow at the moment so it's

live English English addict in fact on the 22nd of December 2019

as we approach not only Christmas but also the end of this year so how has it

been for you how has 2019 being for you has it been a good year or has it been

an okay year so maybe nothing too bad happened and maybe nothing too good

happened it was just average so my year hasn't been too bad it's been a busy

year I must admit I did a little bit of travelling this year and also lots of

other things as well including many many live streams and in October if you

remember I did 31 days of live streams I still don't know how I did it but I did

it and I was very happy that I managed to

do it as I did so you are welcome to join me today let's have a quick look at

the live chat shall we before I introduce today's special guest

yes oh so it's not just me today I also have Santa's Little Helper who will be

joining me in a moment to co-host today's English addict I'm sure you are

very excited to find out that mr. Steve will be here today joining us on the

live stream and also talking to you on the live chat he has a lot of things to

read out to talk about including a lovely Christmas poem to help us all

get in the Christmas mood because of course let us not forget oh my goodness

Christmas is definitely on the way

christmas is coming it really does feel like fun and excitement is in the air

isn't it a great time of year and it doesn't matter if you don't celebrate

Christmas it really doesn't matter at all because you can still have a good

time hello to zenok hello

zenyk guess what you are first on today's live chat can you believe it

I am gobsmacked so congratulations to zenneck zenyk ziba and also to flower

Espoir you are second on today's special free Christmas English addict so when we

say pre Christmas it means before so pre means to be

before something so this is the pre-christmas english addict with myself

mr. duncan in the united kingdom which will soon be the north korea of europe

that's all i'm saying about that I'm sure mr. Steve will have something

to say about it so here we go then here he comes he's just waiting outside the

door very patiently to come in ladies and gentlemen boys and girls it is my

pleasure to introduce today's co-host on this english addict

it is mr. Steve

hello how are you and hello to everybody out there I'm quite excited today

because it's been a long time since mr. Duncan has allowed me onto the

livestream moreover I'll be really starting that already now I never can I

just point out there that I never sacked mr. Steve mr. Steve had other things to

do I don't know if he's going to talk about these things because he's been

very busy this year preparing a new a new venture something that is going to

be doing next year but he might not talk about it the other thing I want to

mention Steve is you could have had a shave what this yeah I never shave on a

Sunday you know that mr. Duncan anyway the lights will filter it all out and I

will look beautiful look I've got a little friend with me oh hello hello

ha what's his name do you know it's a it's a snowman it's snowy the Snowman

area the Snowman and we love him very much don't we because we put him out as

part of our Christmas decorations every year I feel as though I'm leaning I come

back I don't know where you're going Steve you know you've only just arrived

and you're leaving already you've got to position me in front of the camera okay

this snowy the Snowman we've had him for years haven't we this is snowy the

Snowman and this snowman has seen many things some things that have slightly

disturbed him in fact he's going to tell you now one of the things he saw no no

maybe not maybe maybe not maybe for another time he's probably saw it up in

the loft okay because where we keep him by snowy see you under the tree we keep

him in the loft don't we in the hot to loft yes and sometimes sometimes I keep

mr. Steve in the Attic as well well talking about the Attic mr. Duncan

talking about that's where up in the loft or the attic attic that the roof

space yes is where we keep all the stuff that we don't use very often like

Christmas decoration we were talking of junk we were talking about this

yesterday we were talking about the Attic and we said the Attic which is

above your house in the roof space is a very useful place but it's also a very

annoying place why why is it annoying Steve because it's out of sight and the

phrase the saying goes out of sight out of mind so if you don't want to throw

something about or you just shove it up in the loft you put it up there you know

it's there but you can't see it so it's just junk so it's a place for keeping

junk basic like over and we have boxes and boxes of junk up there don't we mr.

Duncan the reason I was mentioning it was there's been a funny smell in my

office room upstairs a funny smell it's not me mr. Duncan said it was me I was

blowing wind all day but it wasn't no because what you tend to get in your

loft in the winter as the cold months approach all the mice they find their

little holes and they nest up in the loft this is a good revelation and I

have to put this happens to everybody's house unless you've got a very well

sealed roof okay so you know the mice are up there because we go up there and

you can hear them scratching around so I put out poison now we had this

discussion last year and people were berating me for poisoning these mice but

if you don't the trouble is they they nibble in Anor into all your into

electrical circuits and can cause fires so I've put some poison up there and I

think one of them's died and it's against the roof ceiling and it's smells

of like dead animals on my office roof I must say we were trying to get into a

seasonal spirit a seasonal mood here but Steve has started off for live chat with

Steve and myself with with talk of an infestation of mice in the Attic

that's very Christmassy I've poisoned them they died up there and now they're

smelling out the house I suppose it serves us right how about this lovely

Christmas card did you show this one the other day I did okay

but that is nice very shiny most of the Christmas cards I've already shown you

series 3d that one I like the way yes it's homemade as well we know who that's

from so thank you very much this one's from a neighbor have you shot

a bit you haven't shown this ramas Merry Christmas to mr. Steve I can't wait to

see you again in the okay no I've had a card like that

mr. Duncan no that's not it where is it mr. Duncan look at this one

this says hohoho and there's a cat on there which I don't particularly like

maybe we could get a cat put it up in the loft and it could kill all the mice

poison them then so this says hohoho on it and this is from a friend ice know

years ago and he says long lots of laughs long will that we be meeting in

2020 because don't you say that in lots of cards to people every year you write

to them and you say oh shall we meet up sometime this year and he goes on and on

and on and you never meet up with them so actually in people this year I wrote

I wrote don't want to see you in 2020 go away because the opposite may happen

then this is a suburb in please please get out of my life but this one says

call me who call me it sounds to me as if it sounds to me as if Steve is on a

promise and they've given their romo barnum but I won't say who it's from

there's a kiss after the name yes I just say an old flame this is turning out to

be a very strange Christmas livestream that's a fun one isn't it nice that is

fun we like fun Christmas card fun a snowman with a carrot for a nose yes

who's that from I've noticed it from our friend Marty so what do what do snowmen

normally have as their nose second a limb piece of coal can't they know that

though the coal is their eyes okay so yes I think I think Steve has never made

a snowman I don't think he's ever but he's never done it you you always use

little pieces of coal for the eyes and for its nose you always use a big

long hard juicy carrot always and normally you put a little hat on his

head is well to keep him warm on those cold winter nights and quite often

you'll put a little scarf and of course as we know all snowmen and got a scarf

all snowmen are heavy smokers so that they quite often have a pipe as well

they do that's right despite all the warnings that they will have severe

health problems later in their snowman life are they melt because of the heat

from the pipe nevermind the flat is that a joke Steve well it was an attempt at a

joke but you can tell it again forget it it's past the times past I want to look

at the comments to see if anybody's welcoming me mr. Duncan oh they are in

front of you well it's all new because mr. Duncan since I've been on mr.

Duncan's updated everything I used to be able to see all the comments there but

now they're sort of there they're closer to you because if you want your terrible

point thank you very much I cite oh right it's too close mr.

Duncan my eyesight is I can't even read this but it's verified ooh that would

like what I upset everything I hope all is well happy Christmas thank you very

much probably mr. Duncan isn't wobbling Steve I don't know what's wrong with you

today you got a wobbly phone hello to

Christine oh what a lovely snow that is what lovely snow what lovely snow

falling behind you because snow is plural you could say what lovely snow so

you don't have to say what a lovely snow what lovely snow falling behind you I

love it so much not too much because too much means it's more than you want so

you love it so much and we do but unfortunately we not going to get any

snow this Christmas because it's too mild no snow will probably get lots of

rain we've had lots of rain the back gardens flooded you know so we've had a

lot of rain over the past few days today is quite nice outside

though if you look outside it's actually quite nice outside it looks it looks

very nice there it is there is the view right now the Sun is out everything

looks lovely out there it looks like springtime it doesn't look like winter

it looks like spring and there is another view that is a live view outside

at the moment Steve isn't that amazing it it's live outside just like we are

live inside yes and chris says hello lots of people saying hello and hello to

you Cecilia says I love your posh accent but

of course I I could speak even more partially yes would you like me to but

I've turned it down because I think people don't like to hear me speak -

partially they think I'm from the aristocratic classes okay I like to

think I am but unfortunately I'm not this has another this has nothing to do

the Christmas this is a Christmas show by the way

so it's English addict live for Sunday the 22nd of December Christmas is on its

way are you excited are you hoping that mr.

mr. Santa Claus will come down your chimney and empty his sack under your

Christmas tree there's no answer to that I've got all sorts of things prepared

here mr. Duncan that's okay we're not get we're not going now it's okay don't

worry Steve Steve always worries far too much about the time it doesn't matter we

can stay here all day it doesn't matter there isn't a time

limit well I shall get very hungry as you know okay you know I've forgotten

that just how tiring it is standing on your legs Oh

I let the time I've got I've got aching calves already mr. what do you normally

do with your legs well yesterday of course I was put through my paces what

put through my paces okay which means that you're you're tasked with doing

something quite challenging yes sir so Steve Steve did a bit of manual labour

yesterday we went round to visit your mum so we went to my mum er yesterday by

the way just in case my mum's watching I'm pretty sure she isn't I think

probably fast asleep now hello mummy nice to see you yesterday and mr. Steve

was very busy yesterday he helped to tidy my mum's gardens I didn't help I

did it all okay so but it was still helpful it was helpful I did all I took

my tools along with me by hedge clippers and various Garden implements which many

of you have seen me use okay live and well your mother's garden nobody's

tended to it at all okay sorry welcome to shaming mr. Duncan's mother yes but

I'm not blaming you because you live a lot it would take you you don't drive do

mr. Duncan so to get your mother would take you two and a half hours by public

chance I didn't say you were blaming me yeah I can drive you there in about 45

minutes this is all fascinating and so there I was and I had I thought look at

the state of this garden last time we were there I'm going to clean it up

because it's it's stressful for an elderly person to to look at all those

weeds I know it's my mother's the same so I

that's my that's my Christmas good year deed so I feel better now that when you

it's like charity you always feel better if you do some charitable work it

actually makes you feel better oh you're good year

you're good business my Christmas you're my Christmas deed my Christmas deed okay

then great so sorry mum because Steve is sort of kind of shamed

you now because of your your mother can't do her gardening because you know

she's of a certain age no okay why are you just mentioning everything that

makes people seem untidy and old but I'm just saying I helped out you've got no

room to talk so your mother will look at that it actually does she phoned up and

thanked his mother where's yes Wells expect if I'd done that you only went

yesterday I was just thinking if I was being paid to do that I think I was

about sixty pounds I think I should be paid for that but I'm not gonna charge

your mother so don't worry okay this is all very Christmassy and festive she

gave me a kiss when we left that's enough okay then

and it wasn't on the mouth does your it says a lilia do your family or friends

ever check on your livestream don't forget to say hello to the hello Lily

I've said hello you didn't if you read a comment say hello to the person first

it's alright it's courtesy hello Lily yeah that's better

I haven't seen you for a long time Lily where where have you been and what have

you been doing that should read do your family or

friends ever check on your live stream so to correct you there but this is an

English Channel I know is the answer to that I don't think they watches do they

I don't think anyone who we know in real life watched this and can you blame them

really well Martin does Martin does and he may well be watching now if he is say

hello find you he's probably working so you know well that was that was 17

seconds of the live stream well spent but he might be he's the only person

that we know who watches he's a good friend of ours and that was his card

that is his friendly fun card that he sent to us over

what a sad thing to say he's the only person we know who watches us that might

be the saddest sentence everything else is a shame that might be the saddest

sentence you've said today I think most of our families are actually ashamed of

us that we do it they're embarrassed because they don't like they don't like

to display anything in public what they don't what's are they well our family

you know our families are quite shy they don't like to have to shout they don't

like to to think that we're doing anything in a public way is the family

how do you go shopping them what do you go D go sort of under under a big

plastic bag what I meant was that we're talking to the world here millions of

people across the world and so that's embarrassing for if your families are

concerned about what other people think of you and their family they might be

embarrassed to think that somebody could be watching that myself that's your son

they're always a bit of an idiot isn't he it might embarrass the family so

that's why they don't want to admit that we succeed every time you say something

every time you say a new sentence you kind of unpeel another question that I

want to ask what why would they think you were an idiot coming on here I mean

what is what is idiotic about this it looks so sensible the other thing is

it's very different too it's not traditional is it what we do what you do

rather this is a traditional unusual occupation puts you in the public eye

and most people don't like to be in the public eye you know they're under fast

there are far stranger ways to earn your living

there are far stranger jobs than this you could be working on the farm where

you have to pleasure some of the some of the Bulls you see that's a weird job

isn't it yes but it's a farmer it's such a traditional job if you said to your

family well that's it you see if somebody asks one of our parents over or

our sister what does your brother do or your sisters your brother do I'm not my

son I'm not my mother's brother and they have to say all they they do live

streams on YouTube you see it what your mother wants to be able to say to

friends okay they know it's all oh my son's a doctor it's all my son's a

solicitor is a great architect okay then you're just gonna go something that's

show-off herbal show-off herbal her parents like to show off about their

children today's special word is show off herbal so I mean my main job my

mother and my main job is sales and of course sales in the UK is not an

occupation that is looked up to it's sort of sales you know it's not it's not

a it's not a fancy job it's worse than being a youtuber exactly it is in the

United States of course it's completely different sales people are looked up to

but not in the UK it's seen as a sort of a not a very nice job really but you

know if your mother wants to say you're a solicitor

I teach something like that's something that they don't want to say that they

teach English on YouTube which actually I know but you see in 20 30 40 years

time oh okay it may be something that is very highly thought of respected

respected but I'll be dead then but isn't that true don't your parents lay

what they'd like to show off about you so they don't like you to have

professions that don't create this air of sophistication respect respect is the

word on yes a respectable job so being a YouTube celebrity like me is not

respectable working as a brain surgeon or an aircraft pilot flying a plane yeah

the sky is respectable but being on YouTube

dancing around with a Santa Claus hat on or lots of tinsel around your neck is

not respectable yes would your anybody watching now if you

did this what would your parents say Tomic said wants me to elaborate allo

Tomic oh hello Tomic wants me to elaborate on the word a berate yes go on

then if somebody berate you it means that they are criticizing you yes so

harsh comments harsh comments so they are making harsh and hurtful comments

they are criticizing you they are berating you they are trying to make you

feel small yes and and insignificant they berate you they put you down they

criticize you they say things that make you feel small and insignificant but it

could be justified they could be justified

somebody could berate you justifiably you could have done something to hurt

somebody but somebody could but you can also be berated for something that is

not justified hmm say for example a job that you like doing that other people

don't think you should be doing again I get rated a lot for doing this they all

think I'm a real weirdo but nobody on here does that's what yes tetra I think

it's tetra that I can't read this is too small it's

it's netra Netra says why do you address each other as mister why be so formal

and just called by first name oh this is a very long story I don't think I've got

time to tell you this story let's just say in China when I worked in China as

an English teacher everyone called me mr. Duncan and it kind of stuck so from

that time to this very second that is happening right now on your screen

I am mr. Duncan so of course mr. Steve becomes mr. Steve mr. Duncan becomes mr.

Duncan mr. mr. snowy the Snowman becomes mr. snowy because in some countries the

the surname comes before the four name doesn't it yes in this country the

surname comes last so you wouldn't but in in in China they think that you're

Duncan is your surname because it comes before your last name so that's why

you're called mr. Duncan in China because they think that Duncan is your

surname but it's not so in the UK to the way around when we say surname we mean

family name yes family name so so we do it as a bit sort of a joke it's like a

tradition because that's what that's what they used to call you in China and

so you call me mr. Steve it's a bit of a joke really so that's the answer to that

we can't use the the name that my mum used to call me we can't say we can't

say mr. shitface unfortunately that's nice yes there we go right what's next

mr. Duncan yes er says I think mr. Steve's dialect is a real challenge to

me what do you mean do you mean you can't understand me am I talking too

quickly you're not the only one the Duke of York my son is the Duke of York yes

oh yes if you don't talk about the Duke of York and it is the Queen saying that

so they are pretending that the Queen its Massimo saying the Queen is saying

my son is the Duke of York but we don't talk about him anymore because he's been

very naughty allegedly yes he's the least favorite royal at the moment

you're following the royal family then you will realize that the Duke of York

Prince Andrew is no longer in favor ago in the favor if you say somebody is in

favor it means that they are like mr. Duncan they are somebody who is looked

up to Saudi who is it they are they are they are the person you want to know in

socialize with that's it somebody who may have achieved something that you

haven't and you respect them for that so yes in in favor yes

whereas if you're out of favor it means nobody wants to know you anymore because

you've probably done something shameful maybe or committed a crime or upset

somebody so if you're out of favor it means you won't be invited to parties

with friends and you won't be invited out to places because you're out of

favor and you never want to be out of favor yes so if mr. Duncan was out of

favor nobody would watch you a new tube but you are in favor therefore lots of

people are watching me I don't know I think that is that is quite debatable

you could be another phrase is flavor of the month

okay Steve stopped over a second because guess what for those who've just joined

us Christmas is definitely coming

doo-doo-doo so it's live English as I choke to death

live on the Internet you need to have a glass of water standing by mister dunne

I do I have your glass of water that was mine that was mine and now mr. Duncan

stolen it do you want me to show your viewers some Christmas presents that I'm

going to be giving to family members okay then because we do have a special

video coming up soon as well where I talk all about Christmas and some of the

traditions as well but Steve would now like to show you some of the gifts that

he's buying for his friends this year so we know that our families aren't

watching we've established that definitely so revealing what I'm buying

them for presents for Christmas is not going to in any way spoil their surprise

so here's something that I'm going to buy this one for my I'm not going to say

who it's for just in case she's watching she won't be watching my sister we don't

buy Christmas presents anymore but it's her birthday at the same time as

Christmas just a few days after Christmas so I'm going to buy her this

candle there we go Oh mr. Duncan need some help this is a

traditional gift I would say it's quite traditional for for Christmas but I know

my sister likes candles so thank you in a way you went then just when I needed

an assistant so it's Anna metal container to make it safe and there's a

flavor on that vanilla spiced orange flavor yes because if you take the lid

off you can't eat candle ah but when it's burning mr. Duncan when you light

it it will smell have been vanilla vanilla vanilla and orange scent in the

air so it's not really flavor is it because you you use you taste you taste

flavor already might and you smell I just invert that there we go that's

very there's a candle that's very strong so it'll be strong a little candle a lot

of people seem to like candles I've heard that your sister often lights

candles in the house ah yes she does and a lot of people a lot of people light

candles in their house now you've got to be very careful because every year

there's hundreds of fires I read it a statistic about this that because people

it's very popular at the moment and in vogue to light candles at home because

it does create a nice atmosphere but you've got to be careful that they are

secured and away from flammable substances like your curtains otherwise

you could find that your house is on fire so you've got to be very careful

with candles and my mother is definitely does not like candles in the house so we

have established that Steve's sister likes candles and also mr. Steve's mum

does not know because of a safety aspect because when my when elderly people

people in their eighties for example grew up there will used to be lots of

fires in houses because you used to have to have open fires and if you didn't

have electricity so you had gas burners or candles for light and of course there

would be with naked flames naked flow we would say naked flames don't really

flames because flames don't have clothes a naked flame it just means a flame

that's just there Oh in the open air means unguarded unguarded not behind

glass naked and it could set fire to things so clearly on that

so of course chocolates everybody buys chocolates for their loved ones

particularly their mothers maybe at Christmas but I know my mother will like

this which is soap soap don't don't push it forward because it goes out of focus

now this is expensive soap so don't move it forward because this this particular

cameras do is locked focus so the focus is locked

on this camera the technical do you have to are you hold it then this really just

stink it's it's what stink is not what if you say something stinks its to stuff

is too strong when you say something has a smell or a scent you should say that

has a strong scent because if you say it stinks it means it's a horrible smell

the word stink means a horrible smell like like rotting flesh yes or or

rotting mice rotting myself in your loft yes

so I'm buying these soaps because I know my mother will like these we'll shoot I

know she's not watching so she won't be a you know can I be spoiling any sir can

I just say can I just say I know that these are going to be put into a draw

the day after Christmas the day after Steve gives them to his mum these will

be in a drawer and they will never see the day the light of day every game no I

think she will use him because my mother likes to have a bath you know a couple

of times a year probably he's joking somebody said here am a lot Cuong says

mr. Steve's eyes are green you want to say there that is green if it was one

eye you would say is green are green and look like the Hulk yes very much

so Steve has green eyes they're actually blue but then mr. Duncan has probably

adjusted the color balance oh I look like a green eyes in fact that I think a

green green blue grey I would say they used to be quite blue when I was younger

but they faded with age yes it's the cataracts it's probably yes probably yes

so that's a couple of presents I'm buying and I'm by mr. Duncan oh now

could it be careful what I say there well last year it's a year's

subscription to Grindr I don't know I don't know what's getting me this year

you're being very rude mr. Duncan what you've been disgusting and rude today I

don't like it at all are you going on vacation during the

Christmas anywhere no we're not no Christmas Day normally traditionally we

send we spend Christmas Day by ourselves we have a lovely peaceful time on

Christmas Day although we will be doing lots of socializing I suppose that's a

good word socializing when you socialize you meet people you go to people's

houses maybe you meet somewhere for a meal we will be meeting up with Steve's

mother on her birthday because it's also her birthday just after Christmas so

your mother has a very strange situation where Christmas arrives but also her

birthday arrives just after Christmas and my sister's as well yes it's really

strange it's very crowded a Redland around Christmas it means I've got to

buy presents not just for Christmas but also for two birthdays but in a way it's

quite good because it gets them out of the way I don't forget about them during

the year then because I know they're all around Christmas so I've only got to

remember I've only got to remember yours in August that's good and that doesn't

matter a prac seen I don't what does that mean it doesn't

matter what couldn't you were talking about the powerful can do what they like

that's very true I don't know what you said them I don't

know but I agree with it whatever it is I think what that person is saying is

it's Luis Mendez Luis yes Luis Mendez a big Bonjour so I don't understand it

doesn't matter what country were talking about the powerful can do what they like

I guess I think what that means is if you are wealthy and powerful quite often

you can do whatever you want I think that's the point

rules don't apply to them the normal rules as good so when it comes to global

warming they can they can buy as many as much rubbish and and as many cars and

houses and go on as many planes as they like because they're rich the rest of us

will have to have to be careful what we do so expect a lot of social commentary

from mr. Steve today I'm gonna rein it in rein it in

normally he gets very carried away if you rein something in it means you

reduce what you're doing and that's also a bit of a pun and we haven't even met

rein it in we haven't even mentioned brexit reindeers is he reigns the reins

on the reindeer rein it in and it's raining outside

different spelling rein it in three ways of using that word no comment

Oh Martin's here Martin's here Martin Moone do you recognize this Martin he

probably does it's you're a fun card which we like very much yeah

and we've just been showing it to to millions of people across the planet

maybe not just this planet where it could be being broadcast across the

galaxy good news there are some aliens somewhere sitting in front of their

whatever their television looks like going which basically means what the

hell is this crap my grandfather had gray eyes sadly he

was the only one with such a beautiful color

my eyes mutt my eyes are deep brown yes actually when you see but we because we

were round at mr. Duncan's mother yesterday yeah you were reminiscing

weren't you reminiscing we were mother that means that you you're talking about

the past and recalling past events looking at photographs and that's what

you were looking at photographs and in every photograph but you can always tell

it's mr. Duncan because you can just see these sort of hollow brown dark eyes

sort of piercing out of the out of the photographs even in black and white hold

a very distinctive eyes look can I just say that if you describe a person as as

having hollow eyes that's not a compliment

yes Palmyra we're not talking about brexit anymore because it is now a

reality it's going to happen how do nothing about it was a degree

with it or not so that's all out that's what I said earlier I said I said the UK

will soon be the North Korea of Europe I think we'll be there sort of Singapore

of of Europe eloquently well I think that's

what the aim is but yes no we're not talking about although we went to see

some friends didn't we on Friday night and had haven't had a curry

we've been out we've been out gallivanting all over the place this

week it's been a busy week Chinese with Martin on Wednesday curry with some

other friends on on on Friday night and they are arch remain as they are very

well that's when we say arch remain don't mean absolutely no doubt about it

if you say someone is an arch just just slow down because even even I'm losing

track of what you're talking about and I'm here if you say someone is an

arch something like an arch remainer it means there's no way you would ever

change their mind that absolutely 100% dedicated to whatever that is so they

are absolute remain as but he shouted out across the the because it had a lot

to drink and he who had these friends we went out with on Friday I'm rambling I

know I'm rambling and I said I said to him it's all over now there's no point

in his arguing and he stood up and said it's not over we've got to keep fighting

to stay in you we're gonna keep fighting it it's all over there's nothing to

fight for now but he was drunk yes but we won't go into that I course remained

completely sober because I was driving and mr. Duncan did as well what does

this have to do with Christmas nothing absolutely absolutely nothing so

we are going to have a quick look at one of my video lessons because we are here

for a while today quite a long time so I hope you are feeling very comfortable

it's a special live Christmas addict free Christmas so Christmas is on the

way so now we are going to take a look at one of my English lessons and this is

a lovely English lesson that will tell you all about Christmas what we do

during Christmas and why we do it and then a little bit later on mr. Steve is

going to give us a lovely Christmas poem aren't you I will try my best

to give it a good rendition meanwhile here is the lesson hi everybody this is

mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you okay I hope so

are you happy I hope so in today's lesson we will take a look at

a festival that comes once a year it is a time when many people get together to

enjoy each other's company it is a magical time for all but especially for

children and the young at heart in this lesson we will share the experience of

Christmas time

the festival of Christmas is a religious one in fact most of the holidays that

exist around the world are based on the observance and following of one

religious ceremony or another the word holiday itself derives from the Old

English word meaning holy day Christmas is part of the Christian religion the

Christmas Festival celebrates the birth of the Christian Messiah or Savior the

Christmas celebrations have changed considerably over the years with new

ceremonies and celebrations being added as the years have gone by Christmas time

is a fun season for children of all ages because this is the time when Santa

Claus comes to visit he is a jolly gift giver who every Christmas Eve travels

all away from the North Pole on a magic sleigh pulled by flying reindeer to drop

off presents for all the good boys and girls around the world

not forgetting those big boys and girls as well Santa Claus is also known by the

name father Christmas he is a good-humoured fellow dressed all in red

with a big white beard and a jolly laugh ho ho ho

so if you have been good this year perhaps Santa Claus will come to drop a

present down your chimney if there is one thing that Christmas is well known

for besides Santa and snow it must be the music that

is played during this time for some reason people love to sing during

momentous occasions and festivals birthdays weddings even funerals there

is always a song to go with an occasion and Christmas is no exception a song

that has been written for Christmas can be called a Carol a Christmas Carol the

word Carol is another word for song or chant Christmas carols usually have a

religious theme they can also be called hymns a hymn is any song with a

religious theme that is sung in church you could describe it as a prayer set to

music if you are a regular viewer of my lessons then you will know that I love

food and Christmas time is one of those periods when food becomes quite a

feature we often see taking a meal as a good way of socializing you can eat

together with one person or many people from a cozy romantic dinner for two

right up to a huge party for many you can eat formally at a table you can eat

informally from a selection of food that has been placed out this is called a

buffet formal dining normally means that you are seated at a table and

food is served to you by the host or by a waiter if you are eating in a

restaurant eating is important for survival but it also serves as a great

way of bringing people together

the type of food eaten at Christmas is very specific the main meal is meat and

vegetables the traditional meat eaten is turkey a turkey is a very large bird so

it is perfect for feeding a group of people the turkey is normally roasted in

an oven it is covered with oil or fat so as to help it cook you baste the turkey

this stops the meat from drying out as the turkey cooks you must check that it

is not drying out you can use the natural juices from the meat to pour

over the turkey while it cooks if you undercook it will be raw and not safe to

eat if you cook it too much it will become dry and the meat will be tough

and that is the last thing you want as nobody likes a tough rubbery turkey you

can also put a paste made from seasoned breadcrumbs and herbs inside the turkey

before cooking it this is called stuffing

after the main meal there is normally a sweet or dessert served the Christmas

pudding is what is traditionally served the Christmas pudding is a rich nutty

fruity food flavoured with spices and alcohol there are different varieties of

Christmas pudding then there is the mince pie

these are normally small individual pies filled with mincemeat although it is not

actually meet the sticky filling is made from dried fruit and seasoned with

spices lemon juice and alcohol not everyone likes these types of dessert

including me here in the UK many people will sit down after lunch to watch Queen

Elizabeth give her annual speech to this country and the Commonwealth nations

around the world this happens on every Christmas Day

at 3 p.m. of course these days you can watch the Queen's speech on YouTube at

any time

there are many fun traditions that go with Christmas one of them is kissing

under the mistletoe mistletoe is a type of parasitic plant it normally lives off

the water and nutrients of trees a parasitic thing is something that

attaches itself to another thing for survival it is called a parasite one

thing lives off another thing there are certain types of parasitic insect to a

tick is a type of insect that lives off the blood of an animal such as a dog or

a sheep we can describe a person as a parasite if they use others to get what

they want such as money or favors the act of kissing under the mistletoe

started up around the sixteenth century in England before that mistletoe was

seen as a symbol of male fertility the real origin of the kissing ritual is

unclear as there are a few possible explanations however nowadays it is

common for people to steal a kiss at Christmas with a stem of mistletoe

hanging above them look I have a piece of mistletoe here would you like a kiss

maybe instead of a special hello I could send out a special Christmas kiss under

my big piece of mistletoe

this is a Christmas cracker it is a novelty item that helps to create a

festive atmosphere you normally pull a cracker with another person inside the

cracker there is a small prize and a party hat also contained in the cracker

is a joke more often than not these jokes are very old and corny a corny

joke is obvious and predictable but we all still laugh along after all it is

Christmas it is normal for gifts to be exchanged on Christmas Day quite often

the presents are placed under the Christmas tree which is of course where

Santa Claus leaves his to the gifts are normally opened in the morning but of

course they can be opened later as the Christmas guests arrive

it would be fair to say that the way in which Christmas is viewed and observed

has changed a lot over the years some people feel that the religious element

has almost disappeared for young people Christmas is about parties and presence

for the older generation the religious theme is still important many people

usually attend late night church services

just before Christmas Day arrives these days people have a choice as to how they

celebrate Christmas there is the traditional way and the modern way or in

some cases both

what is interesting about modern Christmas is that even those who do not

follow any particular religion such as myself still get involved with the

festivities I would not class myself as a religious

person however I still enjoy the atmosphere that Christmas brings with it

the color the joy the food and of course the chance to share time with those you

care about I hope you have enjoyed this festive lesson and I wish you well

wherever you are in the world this is mr. Duncan in England saying

happy holidays to you I hope you enjoyed that a lovely lesson a festive lesson

all about the Christmas season

to do it's Christmas just in case just in case you didn't realize that it's

Christmas look it's Christmas and because we have Christmas lights on at

the moment also joining me in the studio yes he is

back by popular demand it is mr. Steve hello mr. Duncan hello

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mmm this is a special livestream and it's English addict on Sunday the 22nd

of December Christmas is on its way I'm very excited I wonder what Santa Claus

is going to bring what will he come down my chimney with in his sack I wonder I I

have no idea I've got a big surprise for you mr. Duncan this Christmas really

you're getting me nothing exactly that's what that's the punchline I've never

heard that joke I was going to say I've never heard that that was hilarious

look at this card here that we've had I can't I'm having trouble orientating it

orientating it nobody's getting it correctly positioned you always have

difficulty with your orientation that's a nice Christmas card with it with a

donkey look at that lovely donkey smiling it's got a Christmas hat on

of course donkeys are very traditional at Christmas how they knock mr. Duncan

yes we think of donkeys because there is a donkey in the Nativity story there is

stable yes so a donkey also carried the Virgin Mary on its back sorry yes there

is a song all about little donkey little donkey little donkey where are you going

I'm going to take baby Jesus to the stable to be born by the way talking of

donkeys yes we were driving to my mum's yesterday and we noticed at the side of

the road something very unusual something I've never seen before there

was a dead donkey yes kid you not I don't know why I'm laughing but it was

so unusual it really caught our eyes there was a dead donkey by the side of

the road just lying there I've never seen such a large dead animal before

I've seen lots of dead rabbits and dead squirrels and there's aunt said

pheasants but I've never seen a dead donkey by the side of the road

before and there was it was just lying there on its side somebody must have

just thrown it out of the back of their car or something so someone's ovary I

think someone somewhere is wondering where their donkey has gone and I can

tell them now it's it's on the main road coming in too much Wenlock and it's not

moving very much I thought are you sure it was a dumb people cuz I thought it

could have been a deer because there's lots of deer in the forests around here

it was a donkey I'm a donkey I know the difference between a donkey

and a deer but we were sort of flashing Palace at 100 miles an hour well you

were but I wasn't I know you said there's a dead donkey over there and I I

need he crashed I saw it the night before and I looked again and it was

definitely a dot it's definitely a donkey it's well it's Christmas I know

the difference between a donkey in a deer but you know you only met maybe had

half a second to see that's like saying do you know the difference between a

squirrel and a rabbit they're very different

hundred miles an hour yes okay you've said that seven times do you want to do

it another point on your licensees are they're talking about food a lot because

of course food is a central part of Christmas it's essential part of living

staying alive turkeys a little known haze is a factor because there are

vegetarians of course watching us there are of course and somebody said they

were vegetarian at pachu is vegetarian one Turkey how many people eat so what

you want I think you're saying there is if you buy a turkey how many people will

that feed or serve or serve well you can get different size turkeys of course but

it's normally I you can't really get one that would serve less than six people

you can get very small turkeys though this bigger you just pop them in your

mouth you can chew them and they sort of go down very nicely but you can get big

turkeys as well can't you Steve that's it you can get turkeys to feed twelve

people there is big as Steve's head six people anything between six and twelve

people I would say you could get a turkey for yes and

yeah quite big but and that is the problem if you are there's only two of

you then it's very difficult to find a turkey that is small enough that it's

worth buying because if you buy a turkey even for six to eight i think the

smallest turkey you can buy is between it would feed six to eight people

sixty-eight six to eight people that's a big turkey but of course what that means

is it if you're only two people in the household that is going to be a lot of

money to spend you're either going to have turkey for several days afterwards

which a lot of people do that's a lot of Turkey and turkeys a very dry meat it

doesn't taste particularly nice two days later it's very dry it dries your mouth

out there's I don't know why but it just does it's it's not everybody likes

Turkey so we don't buy a turkey anymore because you have to spend probably 40 50

pounds on a turkey 50 Quint that's how much a good quality turkey will cost you

now and that's going to feed six to eight people and you might if there's

only two of you you will throw half of it away so we just buy a chicken now

because chicken actually tastes nicer I think I know a nice small chicken to

serve three to three people I'm not paying sixty quid for a dead turkey

that's crazy I'd rather I draw the chase next door's cat down the road and catch

that they're fine if you've got a big family and lots of people visiting which

of course a lot of people do that have all their friends and families around so

they can buy a nice big turkey and they will use it all up after it's been of

course it takes ages to cook a turkey and of course you might not be able to

get it in might not be able to get it in your oven you need a big oven to cook a

big turkey yeah we don't buy them at a lot of people and here's an interesting

fact I've got some interesting facts about Christmas mister do they better be

interesting well in the UK apparently we consume 10 million turkeys what a

Christmas Day yes on Christmas Day Christmas Day

10 million turkeys are cooked in the you okay on Christmas Day on Christmas yes

10 million 10 million turkeys turkeys on Christmas Day well there are about 65

million people in the UK I don't know I haven't counted them I think there are

about 65 million people in the UK so there we go it's going to feed between

up to six people so I never tried counting everyone in the UK but they

keep moving around are we 70 up to 70 million yet in the UK I can't remember I

have no idea I think between 65 I think over the next five years I think I think

the population of the UK will will start to drop a lot of 10 million turkeys and

for some bizarre reason in the US where there's about 260 million people they

only use 22 million turkeys I'm not sure if that statistic is correct but why

they would only use double the number in the US I don't know maybe I don't know

why that is but maybe it's true maybe they have lots bigger turkeys that serve

more people maybe their turkeys have conjoined twins that's a lot of birds

that are being specifically bred to be slaughtered at Christmas you're

vegetarian you will find that statistic horrifying I would say and also if

you're a turkey it's very horrifying you wouldn't like

that statistic reduce the turkeys don't like that statistic you know what what's

the average calorie intake that a man or a woman would consume on an average day

would you say I thought you said these were interesting are they are this is

not interesting okay I'll just tell you so an average man or woman will consume

between two and three thousand calories on an average day but at Christmas

apparently on Christmas Day the average calorie intake is 7,000 so that's two to

three times what you would normally consume because you're eating turkey you

having Christmas pudding snacks ice cream chocolates nibbles all sorts

of things with peanuts if there's one thing I love at Christmas is having a

nibble people are consuming vast quantities of calories which is why

people put on lots of way for Christmas and then decide that they

want to go on a diet in the new year if you imagine the Christmas festivities

are going on for a week aren't they because then you've got New Year as well

so over that week people are consuming probably - I would say 20,000 calories

more than they normally would so that's you've got a that's a lot of pounds

around your waistline you end up looking like father Christmas

so people traditionally and very often go on big diets in the new year in order

to shed some of the weight that they've put on over Christmas yes but of course

after the new year many people will make their new year's

resolutions and quite often one of the most popular New Year's resolutions is

to lose weight in the New Year Anna says according to Catholic religion

we mustn't eat meat during Christmas Eve I didn't know that we don't eat very

much meat anyway but yes hmm yes so that's the vegetarian yes interesting

fact about vegetarianism that I read recently they've done a huge study on on

the health benefits or the perceived health benefits of vegetarianism and it

does seem to be better than meat-eaters but apparently vegetarian vegetarians

suffer more strokes according to this study people who eat meat have more

heart attacks and people who are vegetarian tend to have more strokes so

merry Christmas to all vegetarians are very enjoy yours really think that could

be because maybe they're lacking in vitamins because you have there so maybe

you have to you know you've got to be careful as a vegetarian that you you get

all the correct nutrition okay vitamins and mineral wonder and only get from

meteorite supplements how are these Christmas facts well I've you know I'm

just blabbing on outta hell does that have to do with with father Christmas

coming down your chimney somebody did ask a question about a question about

father Christmas coming down the chimney yeah what what what what does father

Christmas do how does he deliver presents somebody asked if you don't

have a chimney yes well he knocks at the door is very

polite sometimes or he just shoves everything through your letterbox

he's magic so if he doesn't see a chimney he finds another way do you want

to know why we have father Christmas Steve go on here he is

so this is actually the real father Christmas did you know that father

Christmas was originally known as Saint Nicholas who was a fourth century bishop

and he lived between 270 and 343 AD and the day is celebrated normally on

December the 6th in the West and the habit he had a giving present secretly

gave rise to the tradition that the traditional model of Santa Claus so the

origins of father Christmas and Santa Claus come from Saint Nicholas who is a

4th century bishop did you know that mr. Steve I do now mr. Duncan and thank you

for that fact hmm so there we go so that was an interesting bit of information

you see I have some interesting information and not sure what that was

Chris says that in the Philippines that they have roasted pig okay then and and

interestingly interestingly enough ham which is sort of from a pig yes it's

cured pork is it's something that we also have with the turkey not us we

won't be having that because we're made more vegetarian actually the meat eaters

aren't we we're part that we meet when we go to a restaurant but we never

really cook it at home yes there's a word for that that's very interesting

yeah okay thank you for the lesson I will join you next Sunday Anna's going

as Lina Lina sorry yes yes what could you picture a turkey that feeds 69

people no no that would be a very big turkey that would be something from from

prehistoric times oh sorry did you think there was a

dinosaur Turkey well don't forget died but what birds come from dinosaurs so

maybe there was a giant turkey you know in the times of the dinosaurs that was

big enough that would feed 69 people that's why 69 you've chosen there as I

said I'm not sure oh did you you said six to six to nine yes yes six to nine

six seven eight or nine people this is 69 people really that would be a

big-titty we are we are verging on over explaining that yeah I was going to say

in Jurassic Park they shouldn't have bought the they

shouldn't have brought the Tyrannosaurus Rex back to life they should have just

read an amazing all of those giant turkeys imagine that you could have a

dinosaur turkey at Christmas the only problem is of course you couldn't get it

in the oven and of course you you would have to spend ages stuffing it somebody

asked earlier and I can't remember who it was hmm have we been to India

somebody asked us they're from they are from India and they asked us have we

been to India and no we haven't suffering and I can't find it on here

now but it's this effect if you're from India watching now according to some

interesting facts about Christmas it says on this list that there is a town

in India called Santa Claus but is this correct and is the question I'm posing

to anybody now watching in India have you got a town there called Santa Claus

because this came off the internet says it's a fact

is it a fact or is it somebody having a laugh yes a lot because you know about

things on the internet you don't know whether it's true or not you don't

so anybody watching from India is there a town called Santa Claus is there yes

are you were talking about st. Nick there and Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick

yes Chris crumble right the the the the current version

that sort of fat bearded man okay very good impression her was developed by the

coca-cola company that is absolute rubbish yeah well I'd this websites

obviously I've got all these facts from is that you know that rubbish you know

there is a myth that coca-cola created the image of Santa Claus and it's not

true the there are many older images of Santa Claus and many early images way

before that terrible brown fizzy drink was invented yes

lilia omnivore is somebody that eats animals and plants eat anything and we

are in fact as as creatures as animals human beings are omnivores we are

designed to eat a whole variety of foods hence that's why our teeth are like they

are look at the teeth the teeth the teeth prove it

you have you have molars at the back for for grinding nuts and seeds and you have

vegetables you have incisors at the front for cutting into meat ripping meat

apart you even have canine teeth like dogs so all of our teeth are designed

for different things some of them are for chewing vegetables and some of them

are for biting and tearing into meat so biologically we are our bodies are set

up to be at their most healthy when we are eating a wide variety of foods both

a little meat some vegetable nuts seeds plants all that sort of thing

and if you give up any of those food groups so if you become a vegetarian and

you give up meat or if you are a meat-eater but you don't eat many

vegetables you have to supplement your diet

because over a long period of time you'll become unhealthy because human

beings we don't we have to get virtually all our vitamins and vitamins from food

we can't some animals can make vitamins in their bodies but we can't and you

only get all the vitamins you need by eating a wide variety of foods

if you cut out one food group like meat you have to supplement your diet quite

often or know exactly what you're doing to get the replacement minerals and

vitamins from other sources vegans have even more of a problem because vegans

don't eat eggs and eggs are a great source of protein and vit and and

certain vitamins so you've got to be even more careful as a vegan that you're

getting all the correct vitamins and minerals nothing to do with Christmas

but certainly on Christmas we will be eating a wide variety of foods will we

not mr. Duncan yes Maris Merry Christmas everyone

well according to this yes nopal all right okay now oh I don't know

I'm not very good handing the equipment I used to do I'm really enjoying Steve

trying to use my little phone tetra says Santa Claus in Indiana Indiana America

it's not India it's Indiana and they're wearing that Indiana it's in America the

United States but India well it says India here I printed it off like so

whatever you do don't go on to don't Google fun facts about Christmas and the

top one that comes up is obviously rubbish I am starting to wonder where

Steve got this information from because most of it is completely wrong well I I

think ten may think 10 million turkeys probably is right for the UK that does

sound about right that sounds about right yeah it does according to this if

you're in a relationship yeah we all know it isn't it funny at Christmastime

mmm your emotions become heightened you become more easily upset that tends to

be more arguments family arguments and things like that because of people that

don't normally meet up together of suddenly thrust together at

Christmastime according to this two weeks before Christmas tephra brought

from the website that is let's assume it's correct let's assume it's correct

mr. Duncan because everything so far has been rubbish two weeks before Christmas

is the most popular time for couples to break up

so we've missed our chance now because four days to Christmas so I've missed my

chance to break up with mr. dinkler still time so two weeks before Christmas

a lot of couples break break up presumably because I would imagine that

they've been thinking about it for some time they don't want a break maybe

they'll want to break up with this person I want to break up with them I

can't do it too close to Christmas because they've got to have time to get

over it because I'm gonna feel bad if I break up with them say two days before

Christmas so they break up two weeks before because it just lets them off the

hook doesn't it yeah the worst thing is when someone dies that you know near

your birthday you know because your birthdays your birthday or Christmas so

if someone really special or near to you dies near Christmas that's it Christmas

is ruined forever you're never you are never going to

enjoy Christmas ever again because every time Christmas comes along everyone's

happy and excited and they're feeling really really happy because Christmas is

on the way but you're feeling miserable because all you're thinking about is is

the dead person and every well that's it if a loved one passes yes at Christmas

time it is particularly sad because you were always Christmas is associated with

a happy jolly time and if everyone's having happiness and jollity and you're

remembering a loved one has died then that's going to be very difficult for

you and I would think when you read the news at Christmas and a few days before

Christmas there's a serious car accident and people have died that that must be

very sad for the parents and relatives because their Christmas is always going

to be blighted they're always going to remember this very sad thing well it's

his reality mr. Duncan happy Christmas everyone

happy Christmas well you know just so if you are gonna die please don't die

before anyone's birthday or around Christmas try and do it sort of in I

don't know late March no one cares about late March no one ever talks about late

March or early September no one really cares about that because that's sad

enough already we have enough sadness in the early part

of September already we don't want anymore well there we go

pachu says about recommending christmas music okay I'm going to talk about

Christmas music oh yeah yes I've got a prepared some some

information on recommended Christmas music or music that's often associated

with Christmas but I wanted to mention a few more of these facts here oh yes the

facts the facts facts facts facts facts I'm using my air quotation marks because

these facts might not actually be true let's assume they are so to visit every

child on Christmas Eve Santa obviously has a big job on his hand to go down all

those chimneys they just have a big job lot of houses aren't there he would have

to travel apparently 3,000 times the speed of sound and visit over 800 homes

per second well that's possible in order to get all the presents delivered he's

probably he's probably got one of one of you know when they got rid of Concord

he's probably got his own Concorde one of those planes it can go at supersonic

speed he's got a very busy job hasn't he his sack must be huge talking about

you'll be very rude today mrs. rude if he is delivering presents to all those

kids he must have a huge sack I'm going to ignore you mr. Duncan and to mention

a few biblical facts because you know I like biblical facts yes what that

doesn't make any sense oh yeah people talk about the three wise

men don't make a lot the three wise men apparently maybe someone will correct me

here the Bible never mentioned a number just refers to the wise men so where can

somebody look this up where did we get the idea that there were three wise men

I mean obviously they didn't exist you're not watching any wise men at the

moment we are the two unwise men and apparently the Bible huh seaming you

believe it fine you do what you be in the Bible

what does that mean doesn't mention a date for Jesus's birth for Bible it

doesn't mention a date many people assume it probably happens in the spring

for some reason we celebrate it on the twenty-fifth of December but there's

absolutely no evidence that assuming Jesus did ever exist because you know

whether you believe it or not if he did we celebrated in on the twenty-fifth of

December but there's no evidence anywhere it's not mentioned anywhere

it's certainly not in the Bible that that was the actual date well you know

they they moved Christmas just to annoy all of the tree worshipers and all the

pagans that's so originally they reckon they think all of the historians and the

people who study the Bible closely they've said that it's probably

summertime when Jesus was born and they moved it they moved it to December

because there were lots of pagan rituals during December so they moved it right

after the Solstice the shortest day when everyone is out running around in the

fields naked that's true that's what they do during the winter solstice and

the summer solstice maybe not the winter one because it's

probably too cold you would shrivel up but yes apparently that's why Christmas

is on December the 25th because it was moved to annoy all of those pagans and

that is true that is true yes a fact so yeah a question by Pat you why are the

Christmas hats red that's because of that what you showed earlier yes

Saint Nicholas this guy that's the one because he there we go he's got a red

hat so and so he's the paint patron saint's at Christmas mm-hmm and he's got

a red hat so therefore that's why we've got a red hat I don't know where the the

white bit comes from I think that sort of snow it's maybe he's beard because

the beard is white yes yes so that's why it's red because st.

Nicholas from all that time ago had a red hat so keeping up that tradition mr.

Duncan's doing there I was agreeing with you that was my that was my very

affirmative nod yes at least he works only once a year so he gets all his work

out of the way in one night I suppose he's having to make presents for the

rest of the year isn't he over the next few moments we are going to look at some

words that you can use at Christmastime but it says here they think it's turkey

and the chicken are the same thing they are different we do do are we doing two

different live streams here are you doing your own live stream they are

different each other in Turkish I'll just put a black line down here and you

can view your live stream another I'll be my live stream there must be related

but they are different they are different species

ok joke isn't much bigger that's good yes I think we've I think we've

exhausted the subject of turkeys we really have so some words very quickly

we're going to go through these words Steve hopefully here are some words that

you can use around this time of year some positive words because we've had a

lot of negative news during 2019 would you agree yes that's it that's all I

want that's all I want yes you shouldn't ask me a question mr. Duncan yes you may

in this case you may not festive Steve when you think of festive what do you

think of celebration yes festive time of the year yes tivities

yes festivities usually associated I would say with Christmas would you yes

Christmas festivities so any celebration any festival and that's really how the

word comes around so a festival is a time when people

celebrate they they get happy about something

so we describe Christmas quite often as a festive period you get festive you

have a festive time you are festive so it's a great word it is a good word that

we often use around this time of year we talk about things that are festive all

the things that are associated with that period of time here's another one

Johnny Charlie said lovely you seem to have difficulty reading that but I

thought I thought that Jay wasn't l oh okay jolly Jolly oh I'm jolly happy

jolly is a sort of it's it's a type of happiness isn't it yes it means that

you're laughing a lot and very loudly ho ho I'm jolly yes a person who is fun to

be with or around we will often described them as jolly so a really good

happy joyous person a person who is fun to be around and maybe a period of time

that is fun to have and to be involved with jolly we can have a jolly time

Santa Claus is often described as being jolly because he's always happy he's

excited because it's Christmas and it's the one day of the year that he gets to

work firm that does safe fun Steve fun what do you think of when you think of

fun you think of things that are enjoyable things that you like doing

something that is exciting as well I think so fun exciting you normally

associate fun with children children like to have fun so they're doing that

they're doing playing games that sort of thing if you have a fun time it means

probably as an adult you're doing things that you might have done when you were a

child playing games things like that yeah just

things that you would do as a child really that's associated with children I

would say would you say well not necessarily we're having a fun time

we're just we're not worrying about what people think about as we're just doing

whatever we die blowing up balloons running around on all fours blowing up

balloons that look like us smoking your joint

we're having a fun time now on we're just we're just talking about silly

things smoke blowing up you know blow a blow up a balloon like this you're very

red when you blow up balloons you certainly do and also when you smoke a

joint fun so fun things firm joyous so of course the word joy is in the word

joyous so this is the feeling of being happy having the feeling of joy you are

joyous it describes a person who is being happy a happy person a joyous time

maybe a festival that is taking place that makes lots of people happy it is

joyous we are having a joyous fun time on the Internet amongst other things

cheerful I think sometimes in life we meet a person who always seems cheerful

a lot of people say that I'm always cheerful which is of course it's true

however would you say that mr. Steve is always cheerful would you say that I am

today you've got on-ramps haven't you on the live stream you're not always

Cheever I mean somebody's always happy positive outlook on life yes hmm what

about cheery cheery a person who is cheery has new cheer he's just happy yes

cheery happy person who is quite often happy they always have something nice to

say something positive optimistic very similar a person who always looks on the

bright side always look on the bright side of life a

glass half full tank of person always look on the bright side of Steve

optimistic so an optimistic person always looks on the bright side of

everything glittery so you might say that this is very glittery sometimes you

might have you're supposed to say bless you when somebody sneezes you say bless

you I didn't I need a bless you give me a bless you the only thing on my mind is

why are you sneezing I'm sneezing because of the glitter uh

this is something will be noticed you know I'm still talking about the words I

know you're so talking about literally just finished this glittery so something

shiny sparkly go on then I'm what I was going to say was that

there was talk last year of banning glitter - what of the cameras do you

have cards with glitter and then you open it and you get these sparkly bits

of glitter glitter all over you and you you can't get rid of it and then you see

it on your face you rub your face then people you've got glitter on your face

and they were going to ban glitter they were talking abandoning it from

Christmas cards no I think I think that was Gary Glitter I think they're going

to ban Gary Glitter so I'm looking for a card that's got lots of glitter on and

there's another one there there there's glitter on the edge of that card from

Martin there and then you rub it it comes up all over your hands down and

you can't get rid of it can you be there for months so please if you are going to

send cards to mr. Duncan that's me by the way or mr. Steve can you please make

sure that there is no glitter on the cards remove the glitter okay so take it

off see look four people said bless you thank you very much to Julia Eric Chris

and flower I was more worried that Steve might be coming down with with some

disgusting cold we don't want that before Christmas yeah well you gave me

one the other week you gave me a stinking cold I did a sting

King Kong I did indeed horrible mm-hmm so thank you very much mr. Duncan and

say bless you but poor people did feel sorry sparkly is another one so you

might describe this tinsel as sparkling something that's very shiny and sparkly

something that catches the light yes it catches the light and it shines it's

sparkly you might describe the lights on my body and it's bright bright and shiny

oh goodness sake so shiny I'm trying to get these pieces of paper apart I really

sometimes we stack them as glue haven't you mr. Duncan twinkle oh sorry I'm just

park right I'm just shiny where there Steve twink

so twink Kelly Creely token is something that is twinkly something that just

shines intermittently so again like a light so it may be these lights or star

in the sky will twinkle you see can you see the lights here they are they are

twinkly so they go on and off they are flashing going on and off something that

goes on and off probably in a random manner like a star in the sky is very

twinkly something is glowing bright something bright and cheerful you could

also use this if you say nice things about someone so if you say lovely

things about a person we can say that you are being very glowing about them

you are saying warm things about them complimentary something glows it

normally has a warmth normally red or orange in color a warm glow that the

lights on the Christmas tree are glowing or the fire has a nice warm glow

shimmering shimmering so it's very similar so shimmering shimmering so

something is sparkly shiny it is shimmering it means it just sort of goes

in and out of focus a bit mm shimmer it shimmers the light shimmers it just sort

of it's random you can't really focus on it yes shimmering you might say

the flames are in a fire they shimmer random it creates a nice atmosphere

merry here we go Merry Merry Christmas Merry Christmas I

went to school with Merry Christmas Mary if you marry when you use the word Merry

it's normally associated with alcohol consumption yes when it often when a

person becomes uncontrollably happy so Mary know you can't control

your your happiness you are so merry you are having a great time so I'm feeling

very merry I've had two glasses of wine yes so merry often means happy you are

overjoyed and that's why we often say Merry Christmas Merry Christmas

but for some reason its associated with drinking alcohol I don't know why

uplifting uplifting if something is uplifting it raises your spirits it

makes you feel happy it raises your emotions it makes you feel really happy

really it is very uplifting we hope that this livestream is uplifting well I have

some other interesting facts mr. day Oh No do you want me to do the reading or

do you want me to doing the reading at the end okay it's not the end yet feels

like it maybe yeah we've got tea cakes and a cup of tea oh yes is there a time

limit are we finishing in 15 minutes yes we

are finishing around 4 o'clock I like the sound of that because it's getting

dark outside okay so what does that have to do with it yesterday of course was

the shortest day of the year in the UK wasn't it what does it matter though if

it's getting dark well I might want to do things before it gets dark okay like

what I don't know run around in the garden take a few branches off trees

that is straying yes so yesterday yes it was a

must be the 22nd today it is 22nd and have you mentioned that yesterday was

the shortest day of the year in the UK I did a few moments ago

okay the winter solstice when it is the shortest day so that means that the

earth instead of pointing towards the Sun it is now pointing as away from the

Sun so the Sun seems as if it's not so close and also it's a much lower angle

so that's why we have winter in the north and then later in the year that

the earth will go back it will tilt back and then we are nearer the Sun oh lovely

they are having hot temperatures at the moment in Australia can I say hello to

all my friends in Australia I do feel for you I know

it's very hot and there are some terrible wildfires occurring at the

moment yes of course the closer you live to the equator of the earth the the less

seasonal is the weather hmm and you tend to have the same temperatures all the

year round where as a further north or south away from the equator you will

tend to have in the winter you will have much shorter days and the summer you'll

have much longer daily yes and we've just had our shortest day which probably

the Sun probably rises probably 7 o'clock 7:30 in the morning I have no

idea he's never up and so 7 maybe 7 a.m. and

then but the sun's gone down by 4 o'clock yes well it's it's going down

now it's going dark now does he only have about 9 or 10 hours of light look

outside in the summer in the winter so that's outside there so that the days

I'll carry on so the days are short so we're only getting about 9 that yes

seven only getting about nine hours of light

you have to use your fingers of light during the winter whereas in the summer

we will get 17 hours so it's a big difference in the clock a little

difference yes we only have about mocking me mr. Duncan we only have about

five hours of darkness more than that Oh darkness and then the wind in the summer

yeah right so Christmas music we've only got ten

minutes okay do you want me to talk about Christmas well the weather outside

is frightful but Maya is so delightful and since we've no place to go let it

snow let it snow let it snow is a popular Christmas song

it's a popular Christmas song that's more of a pop song okay if you like

classical music anybody out there like classical music

if you do there are a few there are brothers lots of Christmas carols of

course which you would count as classical music probably but there are

certain sort of big classical works as they call them and some of the most

popular ones I think the most popular one in the UK certainly is Handel's

Messiah which is a big oratorio so that's our oratorio is music and voices

so you've got singers celebrations we've got people singing to music and Handel's

Messiah is a very popular song a lot all over the UK in choirs it's probably

lasts about an hour and a half two hours long it's a long piece of music with a

people Orchestra and a big choir and then hallelujah

they're singing all sorts of well-known it's very well known in the UK's

Handel's Messiah that's the big that's the big sort of chorus that is Lulu yeah

hallelujah hello

other people might know bark je s bark so the handlers messiah 1741 so it's

very old you know what we think of Christmas music there we normally think

of sort of merry songs yes I know well I'm getting onto that mr. Duncan we're

getting onto that you wish I finished first mr. Duncan what I'm saying are we

are we could be breaking up their Christmas oratorio music by JS Bach 1734

interesting fact about Handel's Messiah if you know Handel's Messiah that

although it was written in 1741 and we it's very popular now Queen Victoria in

the nineteen you know 1890s she didn't like it I thought it was old-fashioned

music in 1890 I thought he was over nineteen eighties she didn't like it at

all you imagined Queen Victoria in 1890 saying I don't like Handel's Messiah

I think it's old-fashioned actually I'm imagining Queen Victoria in the 1980s in

she was saying I don't like that new romantic music it's too loud

do you like Tchaikovsky anybody watching in Russia Tchaikovsky are very famous I

like it but I can't spell it I can t CH of the sugarplum fairy is a ballet piece

well done mr. Duncan the excerpt from the sugarplum fairies fairies are you a

sugarplum fairy mr. Duncan I am partial to some sugar but never a plum ah look

at that christina has mentioned something I was going to mention okay

what are you going Christina well done are we going to measure look look at

that Christina that is a recording of the very famous Vienna concerts that

they have on New Year's Eve or maybe on New Year's Day and it's popular works

usually Strauss Viennese music which is a very lifting fun music concert that

they have classical music from Vienna they have this concert every year and we

like to watch it because it really cheers you up and they usually have

ballet dancers as well that's us this is Lorin Maazel but sadly he is no longer

with us is he now exactly that's a recording before the Vienna

I guess that's from a long time ago we didn't think it was happy you want

cheering up oh is it happening now by the way this was a CD you wanted what

cheering up what's the new year concert from Vienna it's fabulous it's very

highbrow of course but it's it's it's lovely so thank you for whatever mention

that Christina because I was going to mention that as well it's sophisticated

how others ah I think Christine is talking about Christmas cause it's just

a one you mean Christina the one that she's your New Year's Day that maybe

they have Christmas concerts as well but they always have a New Year's concert

which is apparently you have to book up years in advance to get to it and it

costs a fortune to go we've never been invited but so Christmas carols I like

to play when I'm wrapping presents at Christmas when I'm rattling mr. Duncan's

presents then I like to play Christmas music and we like to play it don't we

mr. don't when we're cooking the meal what I like

about that is is you've just left all you can see there is that and the big

price label says there's actually nothing that shows what this is there

because that's better Christmas carols $4.99 carols are sort

of hymns for Christmastime aren't they a call like why they're choral music and

everybody knows them there we go so here are the popular ones like God rest ye

merry gentlemen while Shepherds watch their flocks by night see amid the

winter snow sahil at night silent died cooking West's cooking Wenceslas looked

out on the feast of Stephen o little town of Bethlehem away in our manger

ding dong merrily on high i saw three ships come sailing in the Holly and the

ivy mister well how come he all ye faithful once in royal sacred city hark

the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King

there we go that's just a few of these popular carols that we have a Christmas

time why that says Trinity carols from Trinity what Trinity is a very famous

choir that put on the concerts every year and these are recordings from that

particular choir that's why it says from Trinity and of course there is also the

Carol's from King's College which is bridge which is in Cambridge so is that

one very traditional this one I like to play because this is was 599 from Asda

good ticket see probably about ten years ago it was very cheap it's very

interesting that the price of these CDs is part of what we're talking about

these these CDs are very good value for money they are and this is lovely I love

playing this one it gets me in the Christmas spirit

Christmas moon God forever give me a jingle bell rock

jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock sleigh ride I'll be home for Christmas

the Christmas song white Christmas by Bing Crosby that's a famous one there

were three ships it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Bing Crosby winter wonderland The Andrews Sisters

jingle bells by The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby there we go I love that one

I love playing that well I'm cooking the Christmas dinner or wrapping mr.

Duncan's presents obviously I don't need to play all those to wrap misters mr.

Duncan script presents because I haven't got that many to wrap oh that's me done

I seem to have spoken a lot today anybody want to say anything you seem to

have spoken too much today what you from Kurdistan what's the

weather like in Kurdistan please that is no I am going I'm going to guess hot

although having said that at this time of year you don't realize that it

actually gets quite cold in the Middle East at this time of year it can be very

cold and chilly vodka man is on I celebrate every day when I have vodka

yes and so you should actually have we've

got some vodka we never drink it but we've got some well Merry Christmas from

Spain espanol I drifted off then I went into my own world and it was nothing in

his own world and it was lovely

what else do you want me to say mr. Duncan what can you say I tell you

something we were talking about Christmas earlier

with with food and there is one particular type of food that many people

enjoy this time of year with their Christmas meal however this is quite a

controversial vegetable

there it is the sprout now some people like to have sprouts Brussels sprouts

with their Christmas meal however there are people who hate and despise Brussels

sprouts don't you think that's strange Steve yes Brussels sprouts are what

you've got a Marmite food okay well they're a Brussels sprout food you

either love them or hate them yes there are a type of sort of they're a bit like

cabbage small they're like small cabbages tiny cabbages and they're very

popular to have with your Turkey but they're quite they can be quite bitter

so some people like them some people don't

we like them but they do tend to have a bit of a side effect what to do they

don't they mr. Duncan when you eat lots of Brussels sprouts at Christmas okay

well they are renowned for let's just say causing a lot of gas and wind okay

in your digestive tract good it's nice to see mr. Steve is is heightening the

tone but they do because they've got lots of fiber in them and and all the

bacteria in your gut like to feed off this so they let's just say sprouts

cause a lot of farting at Christmas they are renowned for it and some people like

them and some people don't and I would say probably do you like them don't you

mr. Duncan I absolutely love sprouts I love them so much I can't get enough of

sprouts they're lovely if you cook a lot of them and then keep them the leftovers

and then fry them with potatoes you get something called bubble and squeak yes I

we love it and we have Julie Julie says I hate

sprouts and that's it so some people like Brussels sprouts and other people

dislike Brussels sprouts I love Brussels sprouts I think Brussels sprouts are so

nice in fact I can't sit I can't stop saying Brussels sprouts

and you can buy them loose or you can buy them are on the stork and they're

better if you buy them on the stalk as they last longer

yes hmm quite a loop says I love the song jingle bells the country version by

the Oakridge boys jingle bells I think jingle bells is probably the

most popular general Christmas song so I think a lot of people do like jingle

bells Patchi yeah yeah Ave says that they grow or he or she grows sprouts in

my farm oh well well that's fantastic maybe you can send us some because we

haven't bought ours yet no we haven't got our Brussels sprouts and we must get

them Judy gee hates them cabbage also they are similar to cabbage

they're like a bitter cabbage but if you have like if you have that's why you you

have tend to have a bit of cranberry sauce which is a bit sweeter oh yes it

just it goes with Turkey I don't know why but what you normally do is you you

normally take take the outer leaves off the sprouts you will cut them on the

bottom so they cook quicker and then you just simmer them in water but you don't

want them too soft but also you don't want them too hard either

I don't like hard Brussels sprouts I like them

not too soft but I like to actually eat them without breaking my teeth ah a few

people there Anna says she's never seen the brussel sprout plant os soon and how

do you serve them says Julie G yes so there we go that there's the plant

itself so that's what Brussels sprouts looked like when they are still on the

plant there the leaves and you pull them off and and boil them so you just serve

them as a vegetable like potatoes or cabbage whole like that you boil them

till they go soft and you just have them as a vegetables like you would potatoes

or carrots mmm you just serve them on the plate and they're very traditional

at Christmastime Brussels sprouts I think they're popular

because they're one of a few vegetables that are are available during the winter

months because obviously here in the winter you don't nothing much grows but

the brussel sprout plants are growing and still growing in the winter and they

resist the Frost's and the cold weather very well and so I think they're popular

for us at Christmas simply because they're one of only a few vegetables

that are actually available in the winter months that's it like carrots an

exam and of course we have missed out the most important vegetable at

Christmastime mr. Duncan what about the parsnip parsnips parsnip you can't have

Christmas dinner Christmas lunch without having parsnips and you must always

roast them roast parsnips at Christmas time with Turkey potato Brussels sprouts

thick gravy oh my goodness I can't wait till Christmas again

parsnips are still growing in the winter months which is why they're available

and popular hmm and potatoes of course store they're not growing in the summer

but they they store very well and you can keep them all over the winter months

and they're always available yep always available Steve we are coming towards

the end oh it's almost time to say goodbye to you earn you a new question

Patchi why is it why they call Brussels sprouts I don't know I was thinking that

I thought someone's going to ask why they call Brussels sprouts I don't know

maybe you can look it up and let us know I wonder if it has something to do with

where they come from originally it could be maybe they are from Brussels maybe

they are Brussels sprouts or Brussels sprouts mmm they might be we are going

in a minute I hope you've enjoyed today's livestream two hours today we've

done so no wonder all of my little cartilages in my spinal column are now

popping out because I've been standing here for two

I'll push them back in later oh there's a promise there's a promise I can't

refuse parsnips yes four parsnips are very nice Thank You mr. Duncan and mr.

Steve it is my birthday on the 24th happy birthday to Guadalupe for the 24th

which is Christmas Eve now we are not with you tomorrow

we are not with you on Tuesday but we might I'm not sure it just depends on

what happens whether mr. Steve gets completely blind drunk as usual because

he might be asleep on the floor with with green goo running out of his mouth

like like Rick Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty so it is very similar to to

Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty who's Steve knows nothing about but all the

young cool people out there will know what I'm talking about but you don't but

we might be a be with your Wednesday Christmas Day Christmas that we might we

might excite I make no promises we might also be with you on Boxing Day now I'm

thinking of going into town on Boxing Day and maybe doing a live stream from

the town center like we normally do that's tradition yes we've done it twice

so we might do it this year we will see what the weather is like because the

weather is very strange at the moment outside look at the weather at the

moment it still looks light even though it is actually now starting to get dark

as the Sun Goes Down so we will see what happens there we're not sure at the

moment so we will see what happens I hope you have a super SuperDuper

Christmas if you are celebrating it Steve has something you wanted to share

don't you oh do you want me to do this little traditional Christmas reading so

Steve would like to give you a reading and I will be going just just to the

side so you can have centerstage mr. Duncan I'm more nervous now mr. Duncan

you're putting me in the spotlight so you

should be you should be nervous right this is a traditional Christmas reading

twas the night before Christmas mr. Duncan is maneuvering me into the center

of the screen and it's by Clement Clarke Moore twas the night before Christmas

when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse

the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that Saint Nicholas

soon would be there the children were nestled all snug in their beds while

visions of sugarplums danced in their heads

and Mama in her kerchief and I in my cap had just settled our brains for a long

winters nap when out on the roof there arose such a clatter I sprang from my

bed to see what was the matter away to the window I flew like a flash tore open

the shutters and threw up the sash the moon on the breast of the new-fallen

snow gave lustre to midday to objects below when what to my wandering eyes

would appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer reindeer with a cold

old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be st. Nick more rapid

than Eagles his coursers they came and he whistled and shouted and called them

by name now Dasher now dancer now Prancer and vixen on comet on Cupid on

Donner and Blitzen to the top of the porch to the top of

the wall now dash away dash away dash away all

and a very merry Christmas to you all

nice I especially enjoyed the reindeer the reindeer find the reindeer Germany

yeah that's how they pronounce it there you see I hadn't made a mistake at all

apparently all the reindeer that they graze along that famous River they do

that that's a brother from exactly they're from the Rhine that's it mr.

don't guess I got carried away very excited you know what I'm like when I'm

performing mr. Duncan they used to be called Rhine Valley deer but now they

call Rhine deer and that's mr. Steeves excuse and he is sticking to it well I

hope you enjoyed that little rendition I'd died before but he's done it before

and better so Duncan how dare you criticize my performance and yet I did

dare I did I know presents for mr. Duncan no

sprouts no wine no jollity no merit II well the only whining will be from you

we are going now any final words uh final words from mr. Steve I would just

say whether you're celebrating Christmas or not have a lovely 25th of December

and you may see is you may not but you would definitely see as on Boxing Day

yeah I think that's true so whether you celebrate Christmas or not I'm going to

say happy Christmas to one and all and finally I will say thank you very much

for joining me during this very busy year I will be with you of course before

the end of 2019 can I wish you out there watching at the moment a very Merry

Christmas I am not afraid to say it unlike some people Merry Christmas Happy

Christmas have a joyous time if you are celebrating even if you're not

celebrating enjoy the festivities wherever you happen to be watching in

the world and of course until we meet again which might be on Christmas Day or

maybe on Boxing Day we will be live in the street

who knows it is mr. Duncan and mr. Steve saying Merry Christmas and of course

until the next time we meet

ta ta for now 8-)